Improving people's livelihoods, especially those in rural areas, will be a major task for the newly elected provincial government, said Zhu Xiaodan, governor of Guangdong.
Lou Qinjian was elected governor of northwest China's Shaanxi Province Thursday at the first session of the 12th Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress, the local legislative body.
Jiang Daming was re-elected governor of east China's Shandong Province at the first session of the 12th Shandong Provincial People's Congress, the local legislative body.
A Guangdong legislator has called for more orphanages to be built, following a fire that claimed seven lives, including six children.
The Shanghai Women's Federation is calling for more efforts to address the issue of street children.
Calls for officials to make their assets known to the public are sounding louder at ongoing provincial parliamentary sessions.
Political advisers called for central heating systems to be installed in urban Guizhou province when they gathered for the annual sessions of provincial legislators.
A member of the Guangdong committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference suggested individuals be encouraged to adopt orphans.
Deputies to Shaanxi provincial People's Congress have been told one of the main goals of the province in the next five years is to increase incomes of urban and rural people.
More officials in Guangdong province have been required to disclose their financial status as part of trials of a scheme combating corruption.
Deputies of Guangdong's top legislature and members of the province's advisory body on Monday criticized the prosperous province for not investing sufficient money in educational resources.
Some delegates to Guangdong provincial people's congress said they hope per capita government spending in the southern province can be raised to the national average.